[Zope] https and ZClient

[Martijn Pieters]

From: Petru Paler <ppetru@coltronix.com>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 08:43:02AM -0600, Jim Sanford wrote:
> > Would it be correct to assume that ZClient cannot access URLs via
https (SSL)?
>
> No.

From: Jim Sanford [mailto:jsanford@atinucleus.com]
> So are you saying that although Zope cannot serve SSL it can 
> be a SSL client?
> 
> I have a situation where I am using zclient to try and 
> retrieve a Word Document fromr corporate extranet via https. 
> I get an error.

I think Petru meant that you cannot use ZClient as a SSL client. Indeed,
you can't. I believe that libraries like OpenSSL do include command line
clients though.

You can also have a look at M2Crypto, a Python SSL library build on
OpenSSL, which includes SSL extensions to the standard Python HTTP
client libraries. You can download it from:

  http://mars.post1.com/home/ngps/m2/

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